Two-team teaser for Spurs

After completing their first-round sweep of Utah on Monday, the Spurs headed home to await their next opponent in the Western Conference playoffs.

The fifth-seeded Los Angeles Clippers lead No. 4 seed Memphis 3-1 with Game 5 scheduled for today at the FedEx Forum.

Express-News beat writer Jeff McDonald takes a glance at each of the Spurs’ potential second-round foils:

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES

Season series: Spurs won 4-0.

Memorable moment: The Spurs opened the lockout-shortened season with a 95-82 win over Memphis at the AT&T Center. There would be 49 more regular-season wins to follow.

Not so memorable: The Grizzlies knocked out the Spurs from last year’s playoffs in the first round, becoming the second No. 8 seed in the best-of-7 first-round era to topple a No. 1.

Why the Spurs want them: After missing 38 games with a knee injury, Zach Randolph has yet to rediscover the mojo that made him an unstoppable force in last year’s postseason. And the shoot-first, ask-questions-later approach of Rudy Gay often takes touches away from Memphis’ oversized frontcourt.

Why they don’t: Between Randolph, Marc Gasol and Marreese Speights, the Grizzlies are still big and mean enough to attack the Spurs’ one true weakness — a shortage of interior size. In manic swingman Tony Allen, the Grizzlies have the kind of lock-down perimeter defender capable of taking on either Tony Parker or Manu Ginobili that the Clippers do not.

Not so memorable: On March 9, Lob City became Trifecta Town at the AT&T Center. The Clippers made 14 of 27 3-pointers — including 7 of 9 from Mo Williams, who had 33 points — to grab a 120-108 victory. The Spurs have lost just once on their home floor since.

Why they don’t: Two letters, one number — CP3. Paul, who averaged 19.8 points and 9.1 assists in the regular season, is the kind of cold-blooded killer teams hate to face in the playoffs. The last time the Spurs drew that assignment was in 2008, when the CP3-led Hornets pushed them to seven games in the West semis.